State Dept cable 1974-54285

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SECRET

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ACTION EUR-25

INFO OCT-01 ISO-OO AEC-11 AID-20 CEA-02 CIAE-00 CIEP-02

COME-OO DODE-OO EB-11 FEA-02 FPC-01 H-03 INR-10

INT-08 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 OMB-01 PM-07 RSC-01 SAM-01

SCI-06 S PC-03 SS-20 STR-08 TRSE-00 DRC-01 /157W

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P R 011745Z MAR 74
FM AMEMBASSY DUBLIN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5432
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
USMISSION EC BRUSSELS
USMISSION OECD PARIS

SECRET DUBLIN 0292

STATE ALSO FOR T/IEP

E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: ENRG

SUBJECT: ENERGY: EC/ARAB COOPERATION INITIATIVES
REF: STATE 37780

1. WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE POINTS IN REFTEL TWICE ON FEB

28: FIRST IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN EMBOFFS AND FONOFF ASSISTSEC
EAMON GALLAGHER, THEN IN CALL BY AMB ON FONMIN FITZGERALD.

2. GALLAGHER REPLIED THAT EC FONMINS WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET
MONDAY, MARCH 4, ON COOPERATION WITH ARABS, AND MINISTERS

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WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING MORE THAN A NON-DECISION.

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IF EIGHT OF THE FONMINS WERE TO RESIST ANY MOVEMENT, FRENCH
WOULD ACCUSE THEM OF CAVING UNDER US PRESSURE, AND NO ONE WOULD
WANT TO OPEN HIMSELF TO THAT CHARGE. POSSIBLY, HOWEVER, EC
COULD TAKE DECISION IN PRINCIPLE TO APPROACH ARABS, THEN
DELAY SUBSTANTIVE WORK UNTIL IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WOULD
BE NO INTERFERENCE WITH US PEACEMAKING EFFORTS AND WORK OF
ENERGY COORDINATING GROUP. GALLAGHER SEEMED TO HAVE LITTLE
CONFIDENCE THAT IRISH COULD INFLUENCE EC DECISIONS ON THIS
SUBJECT, BUT HE SAID THAT HE FELT HE COULD GIVE US SOLID
ASSURANCES ON ONE POINT:EC DEALINGS WITH ARABS WOULD NOT
RPT NOT INVOLVE MILITARY EQUIPMENT. SOME INDIVIDUAL EC MEMBERS
MIGHT SUPPLY ARMS, BUT EC AS A COMMUNITY WOULD NOT. WE TAKE
IT THAT IRELAND WOULD STICK ON THIS POINT.

3. IN RESPONSE TO SAME TALKING POINTS, FONMIN ALSO TOLD AMB
THAT COMMUNITY WOULD NOT GET INTO MILITARY EQUIPMENT BUSINESS.
BUT FITZGERALD DID NOT KNOW WHETHER EC WOULD ALLOW US TO
"ORCHESTRATE APPROACHES TO ARABS." AMB SAID HE THOUGHT ALL
COULD SEE THAT US WAS ONLY COUNTRY WITH A MAJOR AND
PROMISING PEACEMAKING EFFORT UNDER WAY, AND IT WOULD NOT
MAKE SENSE FOR ANY COUNTRY, LET ALONE FRIENDLY ONES, TO MAKE
ANY MOVES THAT MIGHT UPSET IT. FITZGERALD ACCEPTED THIS POINT,
NOTED THAT EC WOULD CERTAINLY GO AHEAD WITH MONDAY MEETING, BUT
THOUGH IT UNLIKELY THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY BINDING DECISIONS THAT
WOULD AFFECT PEACE EFFORTS OR WORK BEING DONE IN ENERGY COOR
DINATING GROUP.

MOORE

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Message Attributes

Automatic Decaptioning: X
Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994
Channel Indicators: n/a
Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Concepts: PETROLEUM, IMPORTS, FOREIGN RELATIONS, FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETINGS, FOREIGN POLICY POSITION

Control Number: n/a
Copy: SINGLE
Draft Date: 01 MAR 1974
Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960
Decaption Note:

Disposition Action: RELEASED
Disposition Approved on Date:

Disposition Authority: golinofr
Disposition Case Number: n/a
Disposition Comment: 25 YEAR REVIEW
Disposition Date: 28 MAY 2004
Disposition Event:

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Disposition Remarks:

Document Number: 1974DUBLIN00292

Document Source: CORE

Document Unique ID: 00

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Executive Order: GS

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Office: ACTION EUR
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Page Count: 2

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Previous Classification: SECRET

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Reference: STATE 37780

Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED

Review Authority: golinofr

Review Comment: n/a

Review Content Flags:

Review Date: 27 MAR 2002
Review Event:

Review Exemptions: n/a

Review History: RELEASED <27 MAR 2002 by collinp0>; APPROVED <04 JUN 2002 by golinofr>

Review Markings:

Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
30 JUN 2005

Review Media Identifier:

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Review Withdrawn Fields: n/a
Secure: OPEN
Status: NATIVE

Subject: ENERGY: EC/ARAB COOPERATION INITIATIVES
TAGS: ENRG, XF
To: STATE
Type: TE

Markings: Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005

Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005